• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    They did take it into account and George Washington himself said it was a terrible idea because it would lead to exactly where we are now.

    • drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 day ago

      If by “take it into account” you mean they said “political parties sure are bad” then not implement anything into the system to discourage their formation, then proceed to form political parties themselves a decade or so later, then sure.

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        8 hours ago

        He said loyalty to your country should come before loyalty to a political party. His line of thought was that people should not allow political parties to dictate what they believe or vote for.

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        24 hours ago

        No, I just mean the traditional sense of “they understood it and thought about it enough to form an opinion on what might happen.”

        Most people disagreed with Washington, but they still took it into account.